TECHNOLOGY

Breaking: ASUU receives full salaries for November, arrears withheld

Daily Dispatch November 30, 2022

Lecturers under the aegis of the Academic Staff Union of Universities have received full salaries for the month of November 2022, The PUNCH can confirm. Our correspondent also gathered that the eight month arrears remained withheld by the Federal Government. A senior member of the

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First NCC Digital Park Set for Completion January 2023

Daily Dispatch November 27, 2022

As Danbatta visits project site in Kano Ahead of the auspicious commissioning of the Digital Industrial Park (DIP) project in Kano State, the Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, has, once again, paid an inspection visit to the site of the ongoing construction of the project in Kano […]

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Spectrum Auction will democratise Broadband for Nigerians, says Danbatta

Daily Dispatch November 26, 2022

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has said the ongoing process to auction two additional lots in the 3.5GHz spectrum for Fifth Generation (5G) is part of efforts that will further democratise access to high-speed mobile broadband for all Nigerians. The Executive Vice Chairman/Chief Executive Officer (EVC/CEO) of NCC, Prof. Umar Danbatta, stated this in Lagos

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22 Institutions, others set to enjoy N16.7 Billion Broadband Access Projects

Daily Dispatch November 25, 2022

More than 22 institutions in the country, comprising 18 universities, and six polytechnics, Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME), drawn evenly from the six geopolitical zones in the country, have benefited from a Federal Government’s broadband infrastructure projects designed to accelerate the Nigeria Digital Economy efforts. At the unveiling of the projects being

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Buhari unveils re-designed Naira notes

Daily Dispatch November 23, 2022

President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday finally unveiled the re-designed Naira Notes as proposed by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). The CBN Governor, Mr Godwin Emefiele had on Tuesday said that the president will unveil the newly designed N1,000, N500 and N200 notes. The unveiling today, marks the first time in 19 years, Nigeria will […]

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NCC-CSIRT urges adoption of two-factor authentication as Somnia Ransomware targets telegram accounts

Daily Dispatch November 23, 2022

In response to the discovery of a new attack that compromises victims’ VPN (Virtual Private Network) accounts to compromise messaging app, Telegram, the Nigerian Communications Commission’s Computer Security Incident Response Team (NCC-CSIRT) has advised users to adopt two-factor authentication to protect their Telegram accounts and to not download unknown Advanced IP